burlington county. chad is at the crime scene and david is at the staging area. >> reporter: state police here is a they have a lot of unanswered questions as this voestgation continues, it all began with a frantic phone call from a house on holly park drive shortly after 9:00 this morning. >> when they got there, they found a really horrific scene. >> inside one of the bedrooms they found four shooting victims, two of them, a boy and girl were already dead. the other two, a boy and adult woman had signs of life and were flown to cooper trauma senner camden and they are in extremely critical condition. they believe the woman is the mother of the three children in the house. police have not explained why

nobody heard the shots but they have the murder weapon. >> we believe that all victim were shot with the same weapon, which is a handgun which has been recovered from the scene. the mother of the children had been shot in the head, police did not describe the injuries to the children and investigators stopped short of calling it a murder-suicide attempt. there are other adults in the house at the time and they have been questioned but they are not looking for a suspect. now it's a question of why. police continue to interview witnesses and the crime scene, it was a shock to veteran investigators. >> our troopers are taught to expect the unexpected. but a crime scene like this is impossible to prepare for. and as a result we have initial troopers involved back at the station and they are meeting with critical stress management counselors. >> the children ranged in age from middle school to early high

school, they are not releasing the names of the victims until all family members have been notified and so far they have not been able to find the father of those children that does not live at that house. >> thank you david. lets switch now to chad pradelli at 39 holly park drive, the scene of the shooting, what is the neighborhood reaction been to this? >> jim, as you can imagine neighbors are stunned and sad anded by what happened. the fact that children are involved make that that much harder. they continue to process this house looking for clues to what happened and why. >> it's a tragedy you know, nothing really you can say about it, it's children that didn't deserve it. >> very sad, i couldn't believe it when i first heard. >> a solemnness hangs over this new jersey neighborhood, the known, a murder-suicide and the

unknown, many neighbors did not know the family. they say they moved into the holly park house a few months ago and shared it with another family. >> they kept to themselves and didn't know much about them at all. >> heard them outside playing, it seemed like a happy family. >> the children range from middle school to high school age. >> a tabernacle school representative says they are going through a difficult time but said police contact police. >> i contacted my son at school and is he fine. >> it's peaceful here you can hear a dime drop at night. >> and neighbors tell me a vigil is planned for the victims and it will take place at town hall at 7:00 p.m. tonight. i'm live in tabernacle, chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news.." >> our coverage of this tragic

day in tabernacle continues at 6abc.com. can you get the up to date information and see the coverage from "action news" and view photographs from the scene, it's all there at 6abc.com. a montgomery county judge formerly sentenced -- the judge made the sentence official today. dozens of baggage handlers working at philadelphia international airport went on a one day strike today. the employees of sub-contractor prime flight protested low wages and unsafe work conditions, they want to be paid the same wage as airplane employees. >> burlington county farmers

market devastated by fire on tuesday was back open for business today. ten of the columbus market's 65 inside shops were destroyed in the four alarm blaze. the market's outdoor vending area as well as produce markets reopened today and the market was closed on the day of the fire, investigators still don't know what sparked the blaze. >> from chester county comes word that a trust fund is established to help 6-year-old ryan mcmillan, he lost his brother scotty earlier this month, after the little boy died at the hands of the mother and the mother's boyfriend. >> we have not just heard from chester county and around the united states but from people around the world. >> the scotty mcmillian murder case still has chester county seething, the boy dies in the wake of brutal torture and

beating allegedly at the hands of the mother and the mother's boyfriend. it has gone viral since the details were made known. and now the 6-year-old brother ryan is in custody of relatives and he received similar abuse. the chester county d.a. established a trust fund to benefit ryan. >> it's an incredible outpouring of love for ryan. >> this tragedy has a point, it has a face we can put on it with ryan and scotty mcmillian, but the truth is there are thousands of kids that abuse happens to across the united states every day. >> the cdc gives support to victims of crimes of all ages. >> it was absolutely heart breaking to know that somebody could take the innocence away of two small children. >> they know that this little

boy has seen and heard things that nobody should have to see and how can they help going forward. >> if you want to contribute to the ryan mcmillian trust fund, the details are on our 6 abc website. as this trust fund launches into its mission, the d.a. is sticking to its intent to request the death penalty if convicted of murder one. coming up on "action news" ton. the most played college football rivalry in the country, two teams from the lehigh valley square off for the 150th time this weekend at a special location out of state and mark sanchez talks about the ups and downs of a nfl quarterback. we have a break from the bitter cold air today but it is coming back i'll let you know how cold it will feel tomorrow morning and what it means for your weekend in the accuweather forecast.

law enforcement officialed in bucked county were among those attending an to talk about david's law, it reverses the affects an overdose using narcan. hundreds of victims of domestic violence will be given a life line thanks to the philadelphia police department, they announced the end of a two month drive to collect used phones, the project called hope

line. in the past 13 years, hope line has given away 10 million phones. it is the college football rivalry in the lehigh valley, lafayette and lehigh, they play for the 150th time more than any other two schools in the country, it's where they will play that make its more special. how about yankee stadium. john rawlins was in bethlehem today. >> lehigh and lafayette rifr salary goes back to 1984 before helmets and the forward pass, since then with one exception they play once a year, students will tell you it's a rivalry that is alive and well in the 21st senry. >> we are out for blood, it's a pretty big deal. you come to lafayette, the moment i got my acceptance letter, there is so much

animosity between the two schools, we have losing records as long as we win the game. >> days of wall-to-wall buildup for the game from impromptur pe rallies. the message -- >> all hands in for lafayette football. saturday will be the 150th time the two squads play, to mark that, the game will be at yankee stadium. in the bronx and yes they do play football there. this is a rutgers notre dame match-up from last year. >> everyone is coming, people that graduated years ago. >> yankee stadium is a big place and it was thought only the lower stands would be needed but it turns out it's a sellout. reportedly 49,000 tickets have been sold. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news."

there are a lot of wrongs in that last game for the eagles. at first it was mark sanchez could do no wrong but after the green bay packers debacle things have changed. the eagles quarterback is grounded though. >> it's fun when are you winning. >> but when you are not it's not so much fun around here. but mark sanchez is familiar with life as a nfl quarterback thanks to his days in new york, he is doing everything in his power to stay on even keel. >> have you to stay in this sport and profession, and it didn't work out last week but we are well past that. >> that ugly loss in grown bay,

he is over that and even though he has just as many turnovers as touch downs, because tennessee on sunday will be just his third start since 2012. >> have you to take care of the football. >> he missed an entire year a year ago and was out an entire season. i think he has done a nice job since he has been back. >> sanchez is comfortable running the pedal to the medal chip kelly offense. he is running nearly 2 seconds faster than when nick foles is running the offense and it's still not fast enough. >> you are always competing against yourself and trying to be the best version of yourself for your teammates. the competitive side of sanchez is chomping at the bit to get out there and take it to the titans. >> a huge piece of flyers history will be in the building

tonight as flyers host minnesota, eric lindros and john leclaire are being inducted into the hall-of-fame. they got together for the 2012 winter classic alumni game, they formed two-thirds of bruising line. >> when we were rolling in the mid-90s we had extremely strong teams and it felt good to come to the rink and be part of the club, in all facets we had wonderful times and teammates. we had guys with different characteristics and different personalities, and we had a really good group. >> flyers gm ripped the team last night following the loss to the rangers. he probably wishes he had lindros or leclaire on the scad.

the flyers lost their last nine regular season games at madison square garden. the hurricanes stunned eighth ranked florida earlier in the week, they came off a closer to st. joes and drexel went to the first half without a field goal and then a 14-2 run and drexel falls 56-46 and that is sports. bank of america gave back to the community in a big way. more than 22 employees volunteered at philabundance, they packed and sorted food ahead of the holiday rush, they handed over a $27,000 grant to philabundance in its efforts to fight hunger. and can you help those in need by donating to our 6 abc holiday food drive, just go to 6abc.com

for information and a link to donate, the money raised benefits philabundance. and a programming note, president barack obama is addressing the nation tonight about his plan to use executive powers to reform immigration laws, 6 abc will stream the entire address and broadcast it on our digit channel 6.2, go to your cable guide or to our website, 6abc.com to find out the specific channel number for your provider.

fire and police squads in the city of chester got a

delicious meal and a thank you today. parishioners from first final missionary baptist cooked a dinner at the firehouse on 14th street and fire and police got turkey and all the fixins along with good conversation, a nice way to say thank you to the men and women that take care of us. lets check out that accuweather forecast, meteorologist, cecily tynan. >> today was relatively mild but just when you think it's safe to take off a few layers, put them back on. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing rain free conditions tonight and the action cam in center city today seeing a mixture of clouds and sunshine and some sunshine and then mid-day clouds and now the clouds are clearing out and we are on the way to a big but brief cool down. we did get brief relief today after two afternoons stuck in the 30s, tuesday's afternoon high is 32 and today we shot up to 50 degrees, and that felt

good in comparison, but that is still 4 degrees below normal. now we have a shot of bitter cold air for your friday morning. these are the windchills along the i-95 corridor areas south and east and windchills are in the teens and some northwest suburbs, windchills tomorrow morning are in the single digits, definitely bundle up especially the kids headed to the bus stop, they need the layers and the whole shabang. allentown 46 and wilmington 39 and trn ton 40 degrees and reading 46, the winds are beginning to ramp up 38 in philadelphia and feels like 27 in allentown. 26 in reading and the poconos where they are making snow it feels like 19 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar showing that we have clear conditions but if you look

though across new york state near buffalo, you see the stripe of white, lake-effect snow warnings are in affect until success in the morning and some areas could end up with eight feet of snow by this time tomorrow, it's a serious situation, what we get with the winds out of the northwest, the shot of cool air, the high tomorrow 36 degrees and loads of sunshine, factor in the winds and windchills in the afternoon stuck in the 20s and this is kind of a repeat performance of yesterday's weather, this shifts to the east and that brings us a return flow to the northwest. and the high is 42 degrees, and by sunday temperatures in the 50s. this is great timing for philadelphia marathon weekend. saturday for the rothman a.k., it's cold for the race at 7:30, 28 degrees, and for the marathon

and half marathon on sunday, it's pretty good weather for running, patly sunny and it's a good idea to peel off the lairs, 56 degrees. and it's looking good for the marathon. so good luck. pattern change for monday jet stream to the north this brings us near record warmth with temperatures up near the 70s and some showers. and then tonight mostly clear and brisk and cold 20 to 26 and windchills in the teens and the exclusive accuweather forecast, 36 tomorrow and windchills in the afternoon in the 20s and sunday much milder, 56 and heading to the linc looking good partly sunny and temperature at kick 52 degrees and by the fourth quarter 55 and monday is showery but look at the high, 70 degrees, the record high set back in 1979 is 71. we'll be close to record warmth

and then temperatures drop, and 47 on tuesday and a little bit of weather whiplash going from record low yesterday to record high monday. dozens of families received a full thanksgiving dinner courtesy of the police district. volunteers loaded up the turkeys in hunting park and families received the meals from councilwoman sanchez wishing them a very happy holiday. world news tonight with david muir is next on channel 6 and "action news" continues at 10:00 with brian taff, shirleen allicot and ducis rogers and a consumer alert here at 11:00 with nydia han. >> "action news" and abc news tracked down dangerous and

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welcome to "world news tonight." breaking news, what we've just learned, what the president is about to do on immigration, about to take action on his own. also, the next storm hitting right now, still digging out from this one. the death toll growing and the new rescues, and tonight what the nfl has just decided. the moment on camera, bill cosby, his wife next to him, and the reporter, suddenly the silence in the room and what led to it. and remembering a legend, director mike nichols. he brought us the graduate, working girl, bird cage, from the movies to broadway, we celebrate his life, his work, his family. married to our dear friend diane, and tonight we look back at what extraordinary life.